IIRC, Google bought AdSense from a kid, and when integrated with their search it finally took off monetarily. Note that AdWords != AdSense either. I've got to a

IIRC, Google bought AdSense from a kid, and when integrated with their search it finally took off monetarily. Note that AdWords != AdSense either. I've got to admit that most acquisitions I've seen hardly result in an actual revenue increase all that quickly. At least Google is a mixed bag when it acquires as opposed to many others that pretty much as a rule have acquisitions that barely replace the value lost in other lines of business.